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Photograph of Las Vegas High School Rhythmettes, Las Vegas, 1959

Date

1959

Description

The Las Vegas High School Rhythmettes departing for their Idaho tour from the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. In the foreground, Las Vegas Mayor Oran Gragson shakes hands with Evelyn Stuckey, the founder and director of the group. This image was taken in the summer of 1959.

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Film transparency of the Las Vegas Grammar School and Las Vegas High School, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1931

Date

1931

Description

Center: the Las Vegas Grammar School, built in 1911, and demolished between 1964-1965; Right: the Las Vegas High School, built in 1917, was burned May 11, 1934. The photo was taken in 1931.

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Photograph of the deconstruction of the Las Vegas Hotel, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1905

Date

1905

Description

Workers dismantling the Las Vegas hotel in 1905. Hotel was located within Clark's Las Vegas townsite on Stewart and Main streets. It housed people for the townsite auction held on May 15-16, 1905.

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Photograph of the Las Vegas Press Club Installation at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, circa April 1969

Date

1969-04

Description

An unidentified group of individuals from the Las Vegas Press Club having dinner at an event at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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The Las Vegas Community Healing Garden, looking north in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2019-04-07

Description

Following the October 1, 2017 killing of 58 people at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival on the Las Vegas Strip, the Las Vegas community responded in a variety of ways. Envisioned by activists and built by volunteers, the City of Las Vegas established the Las Vegas Community Healing Garden at 1015 S. Casino Center Boulevard to honor the victims and give family members and the community a place to gather to remember.

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Photograph of Las Vegas High School Rhythmettes, Las Vegas, 1959

Date

1959

Description

The Las Vegas High School Rhythmettes wave good-bye prior to their departure on a tour to Idaho during the summer of 1959. In the foreground and shaking hands are Mayor Oran Gragson (center foreground, left) and Evelyn Stuckey (center foreground, right), director of the group. They are all standing in front of the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Traffic on Las Vegas Boulevard flows by the 1 October memorial located at the Welcome to Las Vegas sign, looking north-northeast in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-10-06

Description

Following the October 1, 2017 killing of 58 people at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival on the Las Vegas Strip, the Las Vegas community responded in a variety of ways. This series of photographs document the impromptu memorial created at the Welcome to Las Vegas sign.

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Aerial photograph of the Las Vegas Hilton (Las Vegas), circa 1978

Date

1978 to 1979

Description

Las Vegas Hilton after the expansion of the north tower. Stamped on original: "Las Vegas News Bureau. Las Vegas - Nevada Convention Center, 31238 Don English. Jerry Abbott. Joe Buck. Milt Palmer. Wolf Wergin. Gary Angell. Tony King. Jim Borrup. Lee McDonald. Herb Herpolsheimer." Note: The International Hotel was sold in 1970 and renamed the Las Vegas Hilton in 1971.
Site Name: International Hotel
Address: 3000 Paradise Road

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Photograph of filming of "Meet Me in Las Vegas," Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1955-1956

Date

1955 to 1956

Description

Filming of the motion picture "Meet Me in Las Vegas" outside of the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Jake Friedman, co-owner of the Sands Hotel, is seen second from the left.

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Las Vegas Strip with Paris Las Vegas hotel and casino, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-06-03

Description

Cars travel along Las Vegas Boulevard near the Paris Las Vegas hotel and casino at dusk.

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